different between amaranth vs magenta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French amarante, or directly from its etymon Latin amarantus (the word ending influenced by plant names derived from Ancient Greek ????? (ánthos, “a bloom, blossom, flower”)), from Ancient Greek ????????? (amárantos, “eternal, undying, unfading, unwilting; amaranth; everlasting flower”) (modern Greek ????????? (amárantos)), from ??- (a-, the alpha privativum, a suffix forming words having a sense opposite to the word or stem to which it is attached) + ??????? (maraín?, “to shrivel, wither”) + -??? (-tos, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æm??æn?/, /-?ænt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æm???æn?/
• Hyphenation: am?a?ranth

Noun

amaranth (countable and uncountable, plural amaranths)

1. (dated, poetic) An imaginary flower that does not wither.
2. Any of various herbs of the genus Amaranthus.

   Synonyms: amaranthus, pigweed
3. The characteristic purplish-red colour of the flowers or leaves of these plants.
4. (chemistry) A red to purple azo dye used as a biological stain, and in some countries in cosmetics and as a food colouring.

   Synonym: E123
5. (cooking) The seed of these plants, used as a cereal.

Alternative forms

• amarant (obsolete)

Hyponyms

• flower-gentle (Amarantus melancholicus)
• love-lies-bleeding, thrumwort (Amaranthus caudatus)
• Prince-of-Wales feather, prince's feather (Amaranthus hypochondriacus)

Derived terms

Related terms

• Amaranthaceae
• Amaranthus
• amaranthus

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Colors

References

Further reading

• amaranth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• amaranth (color) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• amaranth (dye) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• amaranth grain on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• amaranth (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Ramathan

English

Etymology

Named in 1859 by Edward Chambers Nicholson after the Battle of Magenta, fought earlier that year in Magenta, Lombardy. The town's name is from Latin castrum Maxentiae, "castle of Maxentius."

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??d??nt?/
• Hyphenation: ma?gen?ta

Noun

magenta (countable and uncountable, plural magentas)

1. A vibrant light purple, purplish-red, reddish-purple, or pinkish purple colour obtained by mixing red and blue light (thus a secondary colour), but primary in the CMYK colour system used in printing.

Synonyms

• fuchsia
• fuchsine

Translations

Adjective

magenta (comparative more magenta, superlative most magenta)

1. having the colour of fuchsia, fuchsine, light purple.

Translations

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}

Anagrams

• gateman, magnate, nametag

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

magenta f (uncountable)

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

See also

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma????nta?/
• IPA^(key): /ma??d??nta?/
• Hyphenation: ma?gen?ta

Noun

magenta n (plural magenta's)

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

Adjective

magenta (invariable, comparative meer magenta, superlative meest magenta)

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

Inflection

See also

Esperanto

Adjective

magenta (accusative singular magentan, plural magentaj, accusative plural magentajn)

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??ent?/, [?m??e?n?t??]
• Rhymes: -??ent?
• Syllabification: ma?gen?ta

Noun

magenta

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

Declension

Adjective

magenta

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

See also

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.???.ta/

Noun

magenta m (uncountable)

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

See also

Italian

Noun

magenta m (invariable)

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

Adjective

magenta (invariable)

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

See also

Anagrams

• magnate

Polish

Etymology

From English magenta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma???n.ta/
• Hyphenation: ma?gen?ta

Noun

magenta f

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

Declension

Adjective

magenta

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

Declension

Indeclinable.

See also

Further reading

• magenta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m????.t?/

Noun

magenta m (uncountable)

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

Adjective

magenta (invariable, comparable)

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

See also

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?xenta/, [ma?x?n?.t?a]

Noun

magenta m (uncountable)

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

Adjective

magenta (invariable)

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

See also

Further reading

• “magenta” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.